The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 1955
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
1:01 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 404
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.40° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.80° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.